Bucharest In Your Pocket

Introductions to Brasov and Bucharest

by Craig Turp September 13, 2011 Bucharest

 As we mentioned last week, a new issue of Brasov In Your Pocket is in the works. In fact, it is done and dusted and probably rolling off a printing press as we type. The cover, should anyone be interested, is this autumnal scene of the canal (yes, it is a canal) which runs alongside [...]

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Bucharest’s brand: It’s not Paris but it’s not sh*t

by Craig Turp August 29, 2011 Bucharest

 Thought-provoking stuff from The Economist this week in the form of this article discussing the damage done to London’s image and brand by the recent riots in some of its suburbs. What we found most interesting was the comment that ‘And how many non-Canadians recall that the centre of Vancouver was hit by riots in [...]

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The Day Job: Mapping Europe

by Craig Turp August 28, 2011 Media

 Self-congratulatory post begins: It’s been all go these past few months at In Your Pocket offices across Europe, as researchers and editors have been feverishly plotting GPS coordinates for the more than 50,000 hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, cafes, embassies and such like that we have in our database. The result was made available to the [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket: Filling the Metrorex breach

by Craig Turp August 23, 2011 Bucharest

 If you take a look at the website of Metrorex, the company which operates the Bucharest metro, you will see that – not for the first time – they have been playing ‘Fantasy Metros’ again. The map which dominates the homepage (and which is reproduced on the map page) shows the current four lines of [...]

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The Day Job: Bucharest In Your Pocket 72

by Craig Turp August 8, 2011 Bucharest

 By popular demand, here’s the Issuu version of our latest guide… Open publication You can also download a PDF copy here.

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Bucharest’s Hotels: Why No Stars?

by Craig Turp August 8, 2011 Bucharest

 Was asked last week why we do not list the number of stars that the city’s hotels have in Bucharest In Your Pocket. The answer is simple: they are an utterly meaningless waste of time. For a start, is there anyone on the planet who actually gives a rat’s arse anymore about the number of [...]

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Bucharest Monopoly: Mapped

by Craig Turp June 14, 2011 Bucharest

  To go with the feature on Bucharest Monopoly we run in the latest edition of Bucharest In Your Pocket, we decided to map the Bucharest board: View Bucharest Monopoly: Mapped in a larger map Do feel free to point out any errors/omissions.

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